Clip Studio Paint

Start drawing and painting in a free 30-day trial.
・Up to 3 months free with your first plan
・Subscribe for the time you want to use it. Get all the latest features, materials, and cloud storage (10 GB)!
*Please note that after your trial, you will need to make an in-app payment to save and export.

Clip Studio Paint makes drawing a piece of cake, in any style!
Whether you are a beginner or a pro, Clip Studio Paint will improve your creative experience while helping you grow. Now with new, powerful features!

Unlimited amount of brushes at your fingertips to recreate any style
- Use brushes with the same textures as real art materials
- Adjust details such as brush shape and paper quality to your liking
- Make unique colors with realistic color mixing, like traditional paints
- Draw with transparency to erase, so no need to switch brushes

Countless artist-made materials
- Level up your art with free materials, for backgrounds and more
- Discover community-made brushes from creators worldwide
- Add details with materials like frills and more

Coloring made easy
- Easily color even with line gaps using the magnetic lasso tool
- Lock transparency to paint over layers without affecting other areas
- Set light source and shadow position with Shading Assist
- Instantly reference and apply colors from an image to your art using Color Match
- Enhance your art with filters like Chromatic Aberration, Retro Film, Pencil, and more

Learn alongside other creators
- Loads of official tutorials and creator tips available
- Watch tutorials on our YouTube channel, for step-by-step advice
- Ask questions on the Clip Studio Ask community

Create the perfect reference with 3D models
- Use 3D drawing figures to help with drawing anatomy
- Customize character face and body models with beginner-friendly tools
- Attach 3D objects like hats and shoes to characters for more specific references
- Use 3D shapes to draw perspective
- Use snap to quickly place objects on your canvas

Adjust after you draw
- Liquify to make adjustments to the balance of your illustrations
- Mesh Transformation allows you to transform to different shapes
- Change up the poses of your character drawings with Puppet warp
- Non-destructive color adjustment layers to get your art just right
- Gradient maps give color to your grayscale illustrations

Stress-free layer features
- Assign colors and make